# Degenscan, free: News API

> Headlines touching one asset with tier, corroboration and heuristic sentiment

Degenscan's Free trial (X-Free-Trial header) plan for the news API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. Degenscan's docs list 1: Source.
In [our news API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt), the best plan from Degenscan scores 39.7 out of 100. Degenscan ranks 89th of 96 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 940 plans for news APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.50 or less per 1,000 searches. [See the best free news API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
[Alpaca's $99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/alpaca/99-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. Alpaca's $99 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many searches as Alpaca's rate limit allows. [AnswerLine's Starter plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/answerline/top-up-from-1-starter-post-v1-async-task/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $2.00.
[Finage's $49 monthly plan (/news/cryptocurrency/{symbol})](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/finage/49-monthly-simple-plan-get-news-cryptocurrency-symbol/llms.txt) covers any number of searches. Finage's $49 monthly plan costs less up front than Alpaca's $99 monthly plan.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [Hydrafetch](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/99-monthly/llms.txt) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpscraper-dev/39-monthly/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/free
- [News API in 2026: the best of 90+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://intel.degenscan.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/news/{ticker}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://intel.degenscan.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- Sold by: Degenscan (https://intel.degenscan.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Source: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 74 other Degenscan calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Headlines touching one asset with tier, corroboration and heuristic sentiment

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests a day
- Enough for: 100 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.10 s

## The call

- You send: ticker. Optional: since, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/news/{ticker}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial (X-Free-Trial header)
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

article title, article URL, source tier, corroboration count, sentiment, impact direction, average sentiment, sentiment label

## Degenscan's plans (11)

- [Degenscan, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $5 pack, US$6 of usage for 5 USDC](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/5-pack-us-6-of-usage-for-5-usdc/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $5 pack, 1,000 calls](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/5-pack-1000-calls/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/20-pack/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $40 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/40-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/100-pack/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $300 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/300-pack/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/9-monthly/llms.txt): $4.50 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/29-monthly/llms.txt): $2.90 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [Degenscan, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.995 per 1,000, 17% complete

## Degenscan's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/news/{ticker}`: [Degenscan, free](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)

## Degenscan's APIs (3)

- [Degenscan: news API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)
- [Degenscan: YouTube channel API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)
- [Degenscan: YouTube channel video API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)

## Degenscan: news API alternatives

- [HasData, $1,190 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hasdata/1190-yearly/llms.txt): $0.992 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [PerceptLayer, $199 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/perceptlayer/199-pack/llms.txt): $0.995 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeBadger, $2,990 yearly, Pro, GET /v1/google/news/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapebadger/2990-yearly-pro-get-v1-google-news-search/llms.txt): $0.997 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Searlo, $9.99 pack, Starter, GET /search/news/serp](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/searlo/9-99-pack-starter-get-search-news-serp/llms.txt): $0.999 per 1,000, 67% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://degenscan.io/terms.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://github.com/tradewr333-lgtm/degenscan-intel?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/skill.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/keys/packs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-api-pricing